Metallic railroad-tie



(No Model.)

S. D. S. NARBER. METALLIC RAILROAD TIE.

Patented Nov, 30,1897.

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SIMON D. S. NARBER, OF LE GRAND, IOWA.

M ETALLIC RAILROAD-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,419, dated November 30, 1897.

Application filed June 10,1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON D. S. NARBER, of Le Grand, in the county of Marshall and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Railroad- Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in metallic railway-ties; and the object of the same is to provide an improved tie which will not break at the center under the influence of extreme cold and which is so formed to coact with the ballast as to form an extremely strong road-bed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view with the upper plate re moved.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 and 2 indicate the top and bottom plates of the tie, having their ends bent at right angles and overlapping, as illustrated, said ends being secured together and to the transverselyextending plates or arms 3 by bolts, as illustrated. It will be understood that these transversely-extending plates or arms project on each side of the top and bottom plates, whereby when the ballast is packed around the tie a very strong and rigid construction is provided. Secured to the upper plate are the rail plates or clamps 4-, the inner ones be ing removable for securing the rails to the tie.

Secured between the top and bottom plates of the tie, at the center thereof, andextending nearly to each transverse plate or arm is a plurality of diamond-shape casings or compartments 5, secured between the plates by suitable bolts and ,nuts.

By having the tie formed as above described the ballast may be filled in between the diamond-shape casings, and thereby form a very strong construction of road-bed.

When it is desired to secure the rails upon the tie or remove the same therefrom, all that Serial No. 640,201. (No model.)

is necessary is to remove a small quantity of ballast from the under side of the top plate, when the removable clamp may be readily removed.

A tie constructed as above described is exceedingly strong, it being braced at its center and beneath the rails by the boxes or casings, and the arrangement of said casings or boxes enables the ballast to be so packed around the tie as to form what may be amply termed a mortise-joint.

The tie is extremely simple in construction and can be manufactured at a nominal cost, the boxes being cast and secured between the plates by bolts and nuts.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is, y

1. As a new article of manufacture, a railway-tie comprising upper and lower plates, transversely-extending plates to which said upper and lower plates are attached, said transversely extending plates projecting on opposite sides of the top and bottom plates, and a web connecting said plates, said web being formed zigzag in cont-our, substantially as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a railway-tie comprising a top and bottom plate having their ends extending at right angles and overlapping, transversely extending plates to which the overlapping ends of the top and bottom plates are attached,said transversely-extending plates projecting on opposite sides of the top and bottom plates, a series of diamond-shape boxes or casings connecting said top and bottom plates,and means for securing the rails to the tie, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SIMON D. S. NARB ER.

Witnesses:

J ONAH DUNCAN, S. O. SIMKINS. 

